First trimester's up - does hip-hop 2005 need an abortion?

[roaches]

Highlights at this point:

Singles-wise:
* Snoop's on his best run in a decade
* T.I.'s still doing it
* "Hate it or Love it" and its remix are very dope
* Ghostface / El-P = fuego
* Cassidy - "I'm a Hustla" is pretty good
* Fat Joe - "Safe to Say" = fuego
* Common - "The Corner" = fuego
* Geto Boys - "G-Code" = fuego
* Baby / Lil' Wayne = fuego!
* "Still Tippin" = can't be mad at that
* That BG song is pretty good
* The Webbie / Bun B joint, hey, it has Bun B on it
* New Clipse, despite wack hook = dope
* That DJ Quik with B-Real = beautiful music
* Kanye West - "Diamonds", he stepped his mic game up!

On the mixtape front:
* Young Money / Lil Wayne's Dedication = dope
* JR Writer's Writer's Block = dope
* Saigon's shit with Whoo Kid = short, yet dope
* Southern Smoke 17 = definite bangers on that
* Saigon's killing em
* Diplomats are killing em
* KOOL G RAP IS MAKING A COMEBACK, GODDAMNIT
* That Chops / Lt. Dan shit = pretty good
* 50 Cent dropped a few heaters
* Tony Yayo has as well
* Strong Arm Steady is murkin em

Albums:
* The Documentary = bangs in the whip still
* The B-Coming = album of the year at this point. You can call Jay-Z pop or whatever, but he made money and formulaic singles so his friends were able to make masterpieces like this without worrying about plaques.
* Edan - Beauty and the Beat = beautiful music.
* Blueprint's 1988 = banging. Underground hip-hop is the shit.
* The Living Legends joint = has some definite highlights
* Big Pooh's joint... "Scars" alone, mang
* We've already heard Common's and Quasimoto's and Sean Price's albums and know that they are dope, even though they aren't out yet
* Z-Ro has some good shit

BOOKS:
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What do we have to look forward to?
* The above-mentioned Common, Quasimoto, Sean P albums
* Whoo Kid mixtapes with Common and Tony Yayo
* Tony Yayo's album
* MF Grimm - Scars and Memories in proper quality. Fuck 50 Cent, this motherfucker's in a wheelchair and one point could only blink one eye and move his left hand around. Has the best verse on one of the ten greatest hip-hop songs of all time.
* Little Brother mixtape and album (that new joint with Illmind beat... fire)
* Percee P + Madlib!
* Ghostface + MF Doom!
* Raekwon + Busta Rhymes.... ehrm....
* Bun B solo album!
* New Devin the Dude!
* New Kanye West!
* Saigon LP by Just Blaze!
* Reunited DPG!
* DJ Quik's revolutionary new production technique?
* Kool G Rap mixtape with Green Lantern!
* Buckshot + 9th Wonder!
* Murs + 9th Wonder!
* Jean Grae + 9th Wonder!
* Your mom + 9th Wonder!
* More raping of 2Pac!
* Ras Kass eventually going back to jail!
* Royce + Nottz!
* Chamillionaire!
* David Banner!
* Slim Thug!
* Outkast - 10 the Hard Way
* Quan eventually dissing Nas just like all of his other friends!

YOU ARE A SINGLE LOWER-CLASS MOTHER WITH NO EDUCATION, NO JOB, AND YOU ARE PREGNANT. YOU DO NOT KNOW WHO THE FATHER IS, AND DO NOT KNOW IF ANY OF YOUR MANY BOYFRIENDS (YOU SLUT) WILL SUPPORT YOU. BUT THEN YOU LEARN THAT YOUR CHILD IS HIP-HOP IN 2005. YOU GO TO DR. ROACHES AND ASK IF YOU SHOULD HAVE AN ABORTION.

Diagnosis?

 

[Hostile Apostle]

Excelent post as always. Well done.

 

[one mc on dj]

nice

 

[imported_MAKaveli_10]

* Quan eventually dissing Nas just like all of his other friends! If Quan disses Nas like everyone else im gonna have a heart attack.

I also cant wait to hear the new Outkast cd. They are going to straight rapping.

You Forgot in the Mixtape front that Papoose is killing it.

 

[Tha_4Gotten]

Nice job

 

[Mystic]

i guess presentation is everything.

 

[Frank Grimes]

well thought out thread, complete opposite as me

 

[Advocate]

lol roaches you are a g

 

[Rock]

I think Roaches might be a Hip Hop Nympho!

But yes, Good post

 

[S O F I]

You get a cookie.

 

[dedbrd]

nice post, well thought out

 

[roaches]

well thought out thread, complete opposite as me

Post your opinion motherfuckers, don't just sit and look at mine.

 

[S O F I]

* Buckshot + 9th Wonder!
* Murs + 9th Wonder!
* Jean Grae + 9th Wonder!
* Your mom + 9th Wonder!

I found this funny. Interesting part is, people still say 9th Wonder is underrated. Now, Snoop on a best run in a decade, judging by quality of music or money-wise? If you have Writer's Block 2, I'd like to have it. Hate it or love it was one of the worst songs on the album, in my opinion. I thought The Sleepers would be better. Highlight of the album: O-Dash.

 

[aloivas]

What's the DJ Quik / B-Real ? You don't know how much i'm fiending for some new Quik.. it's been too long.

I also need new Devin and Little Brother.



Shit i've been bumping this year:

- The Documentary
- The Foundation
- "Ski Mask Way", "Position of Power" and "Hate it or Love it remix"
- The B. Coming
- Sleepers ("The Jungle" is goddamn insane)
- All that Lil' Wayne mixtape shit
- A few joints of that Southern Smoke mixtape ("Sittin' Sideways" is a gem)
- The "Still Tippin'" remix with G-Unit
- Dipset (mainly Juelz and J.R. Writer)
- Starchild
- That Rap Phenomenon III
- David Banner's new single
- Saigon / Just Blaze
- Fat Joe / Just Blaze
- Styles P "I'm Black" (the blend on DJ Green Lantern's latest is even better)
- Cassidy / Mary J
- BE + "The Corner" remix w/ Scarface and Mos Def
- Splash G's album - The Ripple Effect
- Kanye's new song
- Memphis Bleek

.. and that's about it. There's still a bunch of stuff i've yet to check out, too.




I love hip hop.

 

[aloivas]

Hate it or love it was one of the worst songs on the album, in my opinion.

For real? That beat was the most west coast sounding beat on the album. It's some car music for a sunny day shit. It's also 50's best hook.

 

[Rock]

This year rap has sucked in terms of good album releases...

Any of the real good shit never even gets out anymore cause you have these commercial bullshit artists putting out crap...Record labels ain't giving the real peeps a chance....

thats my opinion....

 

[roaches]

- A few joints of that Southern Smoke mixtape ("Sittin' Sideways" is a gem)

Juvenile's "Sets Go Up" and Hot Wright / Paul Wall / Webbie / Bun B over "G-Code" were my favorites on that joint. I also like the Killer Mike / MOP joint and the 3-6 / Killer Mike / Bubba Sparxxx joint. The beat on that Rich Boy joint was also serious.

Anyway, new DJ Quik. "Fandangle" with B-Real. Here's a radio rip from KDAY I think:
http://www.dubcnm.com/audio/dj_quik_b_real-fandangle-(dubcnn).mp3

 

[ARon]

What about Tonedeff.
Anyways, so many new underground cats im checkin now, always been that kind of way but it seems like there is a revolution brewin, i hear of a new artist everyday now. So thats good news. The G-Code Remix i guess i can call it was good but doesn't compare to Face on it, favorite song of 05 so far, either that or BE (probably best intro track since Its dark and hell is hot maybe). Is it me or has kanye stepped his lyrical game up(as roaches put) and his production also, BE was wow to say the least, diamonds aint no joke either. The Massacre still hasn't grown on me, i think its the stupid ass cover that makes me hate it more and more. We don't need cartoon 50, he is already a joke, oooooo, heh. I don't want to go on anymore but, even if the rumor was true that Ciara was a hermaphodite, would it have mattered, Man that bitch is fine.

 

[Silleone]

in my opinion most of its bin trash.

 

[Quasimodo]

good stuff roaches... but canibus is making a mixtape comeback as well. he's been on various kay slay mixtapes and released the virtruvian man and did the theme song for k-1's dewey cooper, the black kobra.

papoose is also destroying mixtapes and look out for cory gunz in the future, he's getting better with every 16